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PCGS Number: 9190
Coin Date: 1929
Denomination (Short): $20
Denomination (Long): $20 Gold
Desg: MS
Composition: 90% gold; 10% copper
Mintage: 1,779,750
Strike Type: Business
Coinage Type: Saint Gaudens gold double eagle
Coinage Years: 1908-1933
Mint Location: Philadelphia
Diameter: 34
Fineness: 0.9
Weight (Grams): 33.436
Weight (Ounces): 0.9675
Designer: Augustus Saint-Gaudens
Edge: Reeded
Obverse Description: Liberty is portrayed standing on a rock, holding a torch in her right hand and an olive branch in her left. The word LIBERTY appears on the top periphery surrounded by stars. The date is stamped on the right side of the coin, just above the rock.
Reverse Description: A crescent sun appears at the bottom as if rising on the horizon with long rays extending to the top of the coin. A flying eagle covers the central portion, atop the rays. The words UNITED STATES oF AMERICA, TWENTY DOLLARS appear on the top periphery.
General Notes: As far as late Saint-Gaudens double eagles go, this is among the more common, particularly from the standpoint of Saints made between 1929 and 1933. Still, it is a very scarce coin overall, and one that generally trades well into the five figures. While examples in any grade are scarce, most are pretty well struck, with the higher-end pieces showing decent luster. Specimens grading MS65 or higher are especially rare.
NGC ID: 26GL

1929 $20

CPG Values (What is CPG?)

Grade	CPG Value
XF40	$19,200.00
XF45	$21,000.00
AU50	$26,400.00
AU53	$28,200.00
AU55	$31,200.00
AU58	$37,200.00
MS60	$43,200.00
MS61	$45,600.00
MS62	$52,800.00
MS63	$62,400.00
MS64	$86,400.00
MS65	$111,600.00
MS66	$192,000.00
XF40 CAC	$23,000.00
XF45 CAC	$25,200.00
AU50 CAC	$31,700.00
AU53 CAC	$33,800.00
AU55 CAC	$37,400.00
AU58 CAC	$44,600.00
MS60 CAC	$51,800.00
MS61 CAC	$54,700.00
MS62 CAC	$63,400.00
MS63 CAC	$74,900.00
MS64 CAC	$103,700.00
MS65 CAC	$133,900.00
MS66 CAC	$230,400.00

Apr Data

Auction House	Description	Grade	Sell Price	Sell Date
	1929 $20 MS65 PCGS.	65	$81,000	01/16/25
	1929 $20 MS65+ PCGS.	65	$114,000	03/28/24
Scotsman	1929 PCGS MS-65	65	$85,550	07/28/23
	1929 $20 MS65 PCGS.	65	$90,000	05/03/23
	1929 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle. MS-65 (PCGS).	65	$93,000	03/21/23
	1929 $20 MS65 PCGS.	65	$90,000	05/05/22
	1929 $20 MS65 PCGS.	65	$60,000	08/04/20
	1929 $20 MS65 PCGS.	65	$56,400	08/04/20
	1929 $20 MS65+ PCGS.	65	$90,000	01/09/20
	1929 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle. MS-65 (PCGS).	65	$60,000	11/15/19
	1929 $20 MS65 PCGS Secure.	65	$72,000	01/10/19
	1929 $20 PCGS MS65	65	$62,150	04/02/18
	1929 $20 MS65 PCGS.	65	$61,688	04/06/17
	1929 $20 MS65 PCGS.	65	$67,562	01/09/17
	1929 $20 MS65 PCGS.	65	$61,688	11/02/16
	1929 $20 MS65 PCGS.	65	$70,500	01/11/16
	1929 $20 MS65 PCGS.	65	$63,250	06/03/12
	1929 $20 MS65 PCGS Secure.	65	$71,875	04/22/12
	1929 $20 MS65 PCGS.	65	$66,125	01/08/12
	1929 $20 MS65 PCGS.	65	$69,000	05/02/10
Stacks Bowers	1929 $20	65	$80,500	03/02/10
	1929 $20 MS65 PCGS.	65	$80,500	02/07/10
	1929 $20 MS65 PCGS.	65	$69,000	01/10/10
	1929 $20 MS65 PCGS. CAC.	65	$97,750	01/10/10
	1929 $20 MS65 PCGS. CAC.	65	$89,125	10/24/09
Ira & Larry Goldberg	1929 $20	65	$69,000	09/10/09
Ira & Larry Goldberg	1929 $20	65	$77,625	09/14/08
	1929 $20 MS65 PCGS.	65	$92,000	08/03/08
	1929 $20 MS65 PCGS.	65	$92,000	01/12/08
	1929 $20 MS65 PCGS.	65	$83,375	08/12/07
	1929 $20 MS65 PCGS. The 1929 double eagle is the epitome of why recorded mintage figures should be used cautiously when con	65	$83,375	06/02/07
	1929 $20 MS65 PCGS. After a series of common Philadelphia Mint issues from 1922 through 1928, the 1929 double eagle begins	65	$86,250	02/17/07
HA	1929 $20 MS65 PCGS. Nearly 1.8 million double eagles were coined in 1929, all at the Philadelphia Mint. All issues from thi	65	$86,250	01/06/07
HA	1929 $20 MS65 PCGS. The 1929 opens the final segment of the Saint-Gaudens double eagle series, and every issue from this ye	65	$97,750	11/03/05
HA	1929 $20 MS65 PCGS.	65	$77,625	01/15/05
Ira & Larry Goldberg	1929 $20	65	$32,200	09/23/02
HA	1929 $20	65	$28,175	02/11/00
	1929 $20 MS63 PCGS.	63	$40,800	01/16/25
	1929 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle. MS-63 (PCGS).	63	$55,200	11/19/24
	1929 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle. MS-63 (PCGS).	63	$40,800	11/21/23
	1929 $20 MS63 PCGS.	63	$48,000	08/24/22
	1929 $20 MS63 PCGS.	63	$36,000	07/11/19
	1929 $20 MS63 PCGS.	63	$30,550	01/09/17
	1929 $20 MS63 PCGS.	63	$29,900	02/06/11
	1929 $20 MS63 PCGS.	63	$39,100	01/12/08
Ira & Larry Goldberg	1929 $20	63	$35,650	05/28/06
HA	1929 $20 MS63 PCGS. Although not as difficult as the more	63	$24,150	05/08/04
HA	1929 $20 MS63 PCGS. The 1929 commences a run of rare	63	$21,850	05/08/04
HA	1929 $20	63	$12,075	10/06/00
HA	1929 $20	63	$14,375	02/12/99
HA	1929 $20	63	$12,100	10/05/94
	1929 $20 MS64+ PCGS.	64	$66,000	11/21/24
	1929 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle. MS-64 (PCGS).	64	$75,000	11/21/23
	1929 $20 MS64+ PCGS.	64	$78,000	08/15/23
	1929 $20 MS64 PCGS.	64	$60,000	07/20/23
	1929 $20 MS64 PCGS.	64	$72,000	05/03/23
	1929 $20 MS64 PCGS.	64	$78,000	01/12/23
	1929 $20 MS64 PCGS.	64	$72,000	10/06/22
	1929 $20 MS64 PCGS.	64	$50,400	10/07/21
	1929 $20 MS64 PCGS.	64	$49,200	08/18/21
	1929 $20 PCGS MS64+	64	$55,500	06/14/21
	1929 $20 MS64 PCGS.	64	$36,000	08/04/20
	1929 $20 MS64 PCGS.	64	$34,800	08/04/20
	1929 $20 MS64 PCGS. Although more than 1.7 million double eagles were struck at Philadelphia in 1929, the vast majority of	64	$39,600	03/08/20
	1929 $20 MS64 PCGS.	64	$38,400	08/14/19
	$20 1929 PCGS MS64	64	$43,475	07/26/18
	1929 $20 MS64 PCGS. CAC.	64	$48,000	01/04/18
	1929 $20 MS64 PCGS.	64	$41,712	06/11/17
	1929 $20 MS64 PCGS.	64	$36,101	01/09/17
	1929 $20 MS64+ PCGS.	64	$36,425	01/11/16
	1929 $20 MS64 PCGS.	64	$37,600	02/01/15
	1929 $20 MS64+ PCGS. CAC.	64	$44,062	03/02/14
	1929 $20 MS64 PCGS.	64	$38,188	02/05/14
	1929 $20 MS64 PCGS.	64	$44,062	01/12/14
	1929 $20 MS64 PCGS.	64	$37,012	01/14/13
	1929 $20 MS64 PCGS.	64	$41,125	01/14/13
	1929 $20 MS64 PCGS.	64	$41,125	12/02/12
	1929 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle. MS-64 (PCGS).	64	$43,916	11/15/12
	1929 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle. MS-64 (PCGS).	64	$46,288	03/22/12
	1929 $20 MS64 PCGS.	64	$44,562	01/08/12
Stacks Bowers	1929 $20	64	$37,375	09/30/10
	1929 $20 MS64 PCGS.	64	$50,312	08/15/10
	1929 $20 MS64 PCGS.	64	$34,500	08/15/10
Stacks Bowers	1929 $20	64	$50,025	09/23/09
	1929 $20 MS64 PCGS. CAC.	64	$38,812	03/31/09
	1929 $20 MS64 PCGS. CAC.	64	$46,000	01/11/09
Ira & Larry Goldberg	1929 $20	64	$49,450	05/25/08
Ira & Larry Goldberg	1929 $20	64	$52,900	09/23/07
	1929 $20 MS64 PCGS. At first glance, this attractive piece has the outward appearance of a full Gem quality specimen. It is	64	$43,700	05/12/07
	1929 $20 MS64 PCGS. This is the first issue of the final era in production of Saint-Gaudens double eagles. From 1929 throug	64	$37,375	04/10/07
	1929 $20 MS64 PCGS. After several common date Philadelphia Mint double eagles were issued through 1928, mintages continued	64	$41,688	02/17/07
HA	1929 $20 MS64 PCGS. The year 1929 is a significant one, both for numismatics as well as American history. The stock market	64	$54,625	11/30/06
Stacks Bowers	1929 $20	64	$41,400	11/07/06
American Numismatic Rarities	1929 $20	64	$43,700	06/21/06
HA	1929 $20 MS64 PCGS. The 1929 initiates the end-of-the-series rarities in the Saint-Gaudens series. While not quite as elusi	64	$46,000	06/03/06
HA	1929 $20 MS64 PCGS. Bright and lustrous with a peripheral ring of greenish-gold luster through the stars, and a typical str	64	$34,500	11/05/05
HA	1929 $20 MS64 PCGS. The 1929 commences a run of rare issues that continues to the end of the Saint-Gaudens twenty dollar se	64	$35,938	11/03/05
HA	1929 $20 MS64 PCGS. This P-mint issue commences a run of major rarities that continues through the end of the Saint Gaudens	64	$32,200	06/30/05
HA	1929 $20 MS64 PCGS.	64	$27,600	01/15/05
HA	1929 $20 MS64 PCGS.	64	$28,750	12/10/04
HA	1929 $20 MS64 PCGS. The current Coin Dealer Newsletter (Greysheet) wholesale "bid" price is $21000.00.	64	$26,138	11/27/04
HA	1929 $20 MS64 PCGS.	64	$26,450	11/06/04
HA	1929 $20 MS64 PCGS. The 1929 opens the final segment of	64	$29,900	09/11/04
HA	1929 $20 MS64 PCGS. The 1929 inaugurates the final	64	$23,575	01/10/04
HA	1929 $20	64	$19,250	08/17/96
HA	1929 $20	64	$15,950	10/05/94
HA	1929 $20	64	$22,000	07/30/94
	1929 $20 AU55 PCGS.	55	$57,600	11/16/23
HA	1929 $20	55	$6,875	02/05/94
	1929 $20 MS66 PCGS.	66	$192,000	05/03/23
	1929 $20 MS66+ PCGS.	66	$432,000	08/22/22
	1929 $20 MS66 PCGS.	66	$156,000	01/14/22
	1929 $20 MS66 PCGS Secure.	66	$106,375	01/08/12
	1929 $20 MS66 PCGS.	66	$115,000	05/03/09
	1929 $20 MS66 PCGS. CAC.	66	$184,000	09/21/08
	1929 $20 MS66 PCGS.	66	$138,000	01/12/08
	1929 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle. MS-62 (PCGS).	62	$40,800	08/25/22
	1929 $20 MS62 PCGS.	62	$23,500	10/13/14
	1929 $20 MS62 PCGS. CAC.	62	$29,900	03/31/09
	1929 $20 PCGS MS62	62	$31,050	09/06/07
Superior	1929 $20	62	$17,250	05/30/04
HA	1929 $20 MS62 PCGS. An important and visually pleasing BU	62	$9,200	01/11/03
HA	1929 $20	62	$9,680	10/01/93
	1929 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle. AU-58 (PCGS). CAC.	58	$22,325	08/03/17
	$20 1929 PCGS AU58 CAC	58	$21,738	05/19/16
	1929 $20 MS61 PCGS.	61	$30,550	01/14/13
	1929 $20 MS61 PCGS.	61	$27,600	01/12/08
HA	1929 $20 MS61 PCGS. The luster quality alone would easily	61	$11,040	01/11/03
HA	1929 $20	61	$9,488	02/23/01
	1929 Saint-Gaudens Double Eagle. Unc Details--Scratch (PCGS).	0	$29,728	08/09/12
Stacks Bowers	1929 $20	60	$27,600	11/18/08
HA	1929 $20 AU58 NGC.	58	$28,800	01/12/23
HA	1929 $20 MS63 NGC.	63	$40,800	05/05/22
HA	1929 $20 MS63+ NGC.	63	$32,900	09/20/15
HA	1929 $20 MS63 NGC.	63	$49,938	03/20/14
HA	1929 $20 MS63 NGC.	63	$34,500	05/03/09
HA	1929 $20 MS63 NGC. The 1929 is the first of the mass-	63	$13,800	09/20/03
HA	1929 $20	63	$13,225	05/05/00
HA	1929 $20	63	$19,550	01/08/99
HA	1929 $20 MS61 NGC.	61	$38,400	07/13/21
HA	1929 $20 MS64 NGC.	64	$38,400	01/10/19
HA	1929 $20 MS64 NGC.	64	$56,400	04/26/15
HA	1929 $20 MS64+ NGC. CAC.	64	$44,062	04/27/14
HA	1929 $20 MS64+ NGC.	64	$63,250	01/09/11
HA	1929 $20 MS64 NGC.	64	$48,875	01/12/08
American Numismatic Rarities	1929 $20	64	$35,650	07/25/05
David Lawrence Rare Coins	1929 $20 NGC MS64	64	$28,750	07/22/04
Superior	1929 $20	64	$12,650	03/01/00
HA	1929 $20	64	$18,700	06/04/95
HA	1929 $20 MS65 NGC.	65	$57,281	08/09/14
HA	1929 $20 MS65 NGC.	65	$60,375	08/02/09
HA	1929 $20 MS65 NGC.	65	$80,500	10/25/08
Ira & Larry Goldberg	1929 $20	65	$78,200	05/28/06
HA	1929 $20 MS65 NGC. Although not as widely recognized	65	$32,200	01/31/04
American Numismatic Rarities	1929 $20	65	$29,900	09/13/03
HA	1929 $20 MS65 NGC. The last five collectible issues in	65	$25,300	01/11/03
HA	1929 $20 -- Improperly Cleaned -- NCS Details. Unc.	60	$15,862	08/09/14
HA	1929 $20 MS62 NGC.	62	$28,200	08/05/12
HA	1929 $20 MS62 NGC. Once considered a great rarity, the '29 Saint-Gaudens is still relatively scarce compared to other issue	62	$46,115	10/26/06

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